Generally, you can only sue the state if the state lets you. It's called sovereign immunity.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity_in_the_Unit....
I'm hoping they'll get a massive payout and use some of it to launch a case against the authorities who allow such injustice to go unchecked.
Derek Chauvin is getting the dogshit sued out of him now because he exceeded his duty and no longer qualified under sovereign immunity.
Sovereign Immunity does indeed apply to the government itself, as well as heads of state and representatives of that government.
It’s a superset of qualified immunity and absolute immunity.